Monday, March 28, 2011

March 27

March 27

HISTORICAL ROYAL EVENTS

196 BC   Ptolemy V ascends to the throne of Egypt.
1306   Robert the Bruce is crowned King of Scotland at Scone.

1625   Charles I becomes King of England, Scotland & Ireland as well as claiming the title King of France.



HISTORICAL ROYAL BIRTHS

972   King Robert II of France (d.1031)
1785   King Louis XVII of France (d.1795)

1970   Princess Leila Pahlavi of Iran (d.2001)



DEATHS

972   Herman, Duke of Saxony
1191   Pope Clement III
1350   King Alfonso XI of Castile
1378   Pope Gregory XI
1462   Vasili II of Russia, Grand Prince of Moscow
1482   Mary of Burgundy, daughter of Charles the Bold, wife of Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor.
1625   King James I of England & Ireland, James VI of Scotland

1879   Prince Waldemar of Prussia, son of Emperor Friedrich III of Prussia

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